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Quartz Mountain

Quartz Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Quartz Mountain rises to 838 m in California. Greys Mountain stands 2,158 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Lakes Park, a park 1.6 miles away.

The story

mountain in Madera County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49066060, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
838 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.19078, -119.68626

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Springs: 11
  • Daulton Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Vichy Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Arnold Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Pecan Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Rogers Spring: 8.2 mi
Museums: 9
Picnic sites: 9
Historic sites: 9
Attractions: 8
Cliffs: 7
Nature reserves: 6
Waterfalls: 6
Artworks: 1
  • Oakhurst Mural: 9.8 mi
Gardens: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Quartz Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Greys MountainNNE 31°2,158 m17.3 mi
Source PointE 82°1,888 m16.5 mi
Graham MountainNE 39°1,857 m14.8 mi
Peckinpah MountainENE 64°1,827 m13.4 mi
Mormon HillENE 78°1,810 m14.5 mi
Sivels MountainNNE 23°1,782 m15.5 mi
Silver KnobN 1°1,631 m16.7 mi
Pilot PeakN 357°1,586 m17.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3719:11
June solstice05:4019:4420:23
September equinox06:4718:2318:57
December solstice07:1016:0516:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444649536169777671615146
Precip in7.16.45.22.41.40.40.10.10.21.72.75.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK RS, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358776029

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